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Running on the Spot
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In many cartoons, especially ones by Hanna-Barbera, whenever a character starts running, they usually run on the spot for a few seconds before running away. It doesn't matter what they're running from, or why, but they always do this. A Wheel o' Feet is usually applied to this. It's common for this animation to be accompanied by about four seconds of "wacky" percussive sound effects followed quickly by a "slingshot" zip (perhaps best onomatopoeized as "Whamma-lamma-bamma-ramma-zamma-whamma-lamma-bamma-ramma-zamma-zamma - ZING!"). Compare Off Like a Shot. |
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Appears in a few cutscenes of Super Mario RPG, such as Mario's first venture into Bowser's Keep. Amusingly, sometimes the character runs backwards during that charge-up. | |
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Sonic The Hedgehog: Sonic and Amy do this during cutscenes in Sonic Adventure, with Amy getting caught because of it. The "Super Peel-Out" move of Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic CD is this, in video game form. |
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Happens once in a while in the Looney Tunes cartoons. It's especially prominent in the shorts Warner Bros. Animation produced in 1967-1969 under ownership of Warner Bros.- Seven Arts, due to the director of many of those shorts (Alex Lovy) coming from Hanna-Barbera, complete with the same "temple block riot" Stock Sound Effect. Even Daffy Duck would often do it in the cartoons of that era where he's paired up with Speedy Gonzales, but it was more common to see Cool Cat, Merlin the Magic Mouse and the other newer minor/one-shot characters of the era do so. Some of the later Looney Tunes revival shorts have also done this, such as The Looney Tunes Show and Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production - often utilizing the very same H-B "temple block riot" sound effect as the Seven Arts-era cartoons did. |
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In the movie Animalympics, a sight gag compares the hundred-yard dash to drag racing; the racers suit up in auto-racing suits, the "Christmas tree" countdown lights replace the starting pistol and the racers morph into actual Top Fuel cars during the sprint, burning out during the countdown and even using Wheel o' Feet. | |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Roger in "Something's Cookin'". "I'LL SAVE YA, BABYYY!" Also Lena Hyena right after her Big Word Shout–"A MMMAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!" |
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Fred Flintstone's car on The Flintstones was powered by this. Parodied on an episode of Family Guy, where Fred is being chased by police. As he runs in place, the officers catch up to him and starts moving right when they're near him. |
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Also by the same author, in Hogfather the Sock Eater does this when the wizards surprise it, because its instinct to flee is being countermanded by its desire to keep eating the Lecturer's socks. Its mouth keeps chewing while its legs ineffectually scrabble around underneath it. | |
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Scooby-Doo did this many times, with Shaggy and Scooby being the worst offenders. Often Fred or Velma would catch them and pull them back whilst they were running on the spot - but they still did it every time. Robot Chicken deconstructs this in their Scooby Doo meets Jason sketch, where Scooby is found by the killer and does this (the killer catches him and slaughters him). |
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Robot Chicken deconstructs this in their Scooby Doo meets Jason sketch, where Scooby is found by the killer and does this (the killer catches him and slaughters him). | |
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Parodied in the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Griffon the Brush-Off". Granny Smith does this when she's spooked by Gilda's prank, only to end up "running" away at a snail's pace. Played straight in "The Ticket Master" with Twilight Sparkle, in "Boast Busters" by Trixie and Starlight Glimmer in "To Where and Back Again". Exhibited by Pinkie Pie on multiple occasions. |
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Happens in most Final Fantasy games whenever the party tries to flee a battle. | |
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Some of the later Looney Tunes revival shorts have also done this, such as The Looney Tunes Show and Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production - often utilizing the very same H-B "temple block riot" sound effect as the Seven Arts-era cartoons did. | |
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In the Ed, Edd n Eddy episode where the Eds "break" physics, Eddy uses this to get rid of Sarah by running in place, hopping out of the "foot wheel" and sticking her into it, which forces her to run away at high speeds. | |
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Parodied on an episode of Family Guy, where Fred is being chased by police. As he runs in place, the officers catch up to him and starts moving right when they're near him. | |
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Monterey Jack from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers often runs on the spot at the beginning of a cheese attack. If he doesn't float in the air, that is. Sometimes even then. And it does propel him, yes. All four Rescue Rangers do this near the end of the origins episode, and get caught because of it. |
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